notesbynora

Waiting is one of the hardest parts of faith. I’ve often remarked that I can endure just about anything if I know how long it will last. Just knowing when relief is coming can make all the difference in the world. But waiting without a timeline stretches the heart in ways we never expected.

Waiting for healing, answers, reconciliation, or doors to open can feel unbearable at times. And in the waiting, discouragement whispers, Maybe nothing is happening at all.

Scripture tells a different story. Isaiah 40:31 says, “Those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength.”

It does not say those who run ahead or who figure everything out or get a bluepring ot the plan. It says those who wait.

Waiting in God’s kingdom is not inactivity; it is actually trust in motion.

God does some of His deepest work in the waiting seasons because waiting changes us. It teaches patience, dependence, and humility. It slowly shifts our confidence from our own timing to His wisdom.

While we like to think God is preparing the answer while we wait, many times, God is preparing us for the journey ahead.

Seeds grow underground long before they break through the soil. Roots develop where no one can see them. Growth is happening, but it is hidden.

Your life may feel hidden right now. Your prayers may feel suspended between heaven and earth. But delay is not denial. God is not ignoring you; He is shaping something you cannot yet recognize.

One day, you may look back and see that the waiting protected you, strengthened you, and aligned you with something better than what you were asking for.

Hope is not lost when God says “wait.” It is built there.

God never wastes a waiting season.

Prayer:
Father, help me trust You in the waiting. Give me patience when answers are slow and peace when I feel uncertain. Teach me to believe that You are working even when I cannot see it. Amen.